Today's American Dream Act
Latest action · Mar 10, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Today's American Dream Act
This bill establishes new programs or amends existing programs related to workforce and community development. It directs: (1) the Department of Labor to award grants for job skills training for older individuals (older than age 45) and for workers in highly-skilled industries; and (2) the Department of Education to award scholarships to students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and teaching certifications.
The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand and extend the work opportunity tax credit, (2) allow tax credits for wages paid to interns by small business owners, and (3) extend and increase the new markets tax credit.
With respect to community development, the bill limits the first-time homebuyer tax credit to residences in economically distressed communities. It requires the Small Business Administration to make grants for commercial investment in economically underserved communities and direct loans to small business concerns.
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on efforts to expand access to broadband service.
The bill establishes a Commission on Innovation in the Office of Management and Budget to study new and developing technologies.
The Department of Health and Human Services must: (1) study characteristics of populations that do not have health insurance coverage, and (2) award grants for free dental health services in underserved communities.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2017 to Feb 21, 2017; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
Committees 8
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2017 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2017 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- Feb 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Agriculture, Financial Services, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Discharge petition H9599 | — | Dec 1, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7882 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Oct 5, 2017 |
| House | Discharge petition H7637 | — | Sep 28, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 27, February 15, 2017, page H1245.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33816 | Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service Archived | Report | Mar 22, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2422 | Action for Dental Health Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 11, 2018 |
| HR 3839 | Today's American Dream Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address slow economic growth and spur investment and development in underserved communities across America.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Today's American Dream Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Dental care
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial literacy
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Fruit and vegetables
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Income tax credits
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Medicare
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Nutrition and diet
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Property tax
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Science and engineering education
- Small business
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Violent crime
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
- Women in business
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
